190.- A short distance south of Calvert's house, a road leads of eastward and then southward through the woods, east of the creek. Near the house of Doringa Surpass, the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1170. The Coniferous is 13 feet thick. The upper 3½ ft are dark brown, contain many calcite masses but few crabs. The lower 6½ feet are a light brown limestone with few fossils, and few large crinoid stems such as are characteristic of the Devonian base. The Coniferous rests di- rectly on the Madison. The nodular layer is seen in the main road at 1200. The Black Shale is at least 35 feet thick. 191.- A mile and a quarter S. of Alexaton, the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1140. A short distance N. The Coniferous rests directly on the Selkir clay & madine. 133 193.- A mile and a quarter east of the junction of Mill Creek with Scrut Grass Creek is the house of James White's house, north of the creek, within cast of this house the Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1135. The Coniferous is 13 feet thick. The upper 4 feet are dark brown. Below is a heavy chert layer - 3-4 inches thick. The lower 9 feet of Con- iferous contain round masses of chert; the Coniferous rests directly on the Madison beds. The fossiliferous lower silice shale is seen farther down the hill. 194.- From ½ to 3/4 mile east of James White's house, on the south side of the creek is the house of Sanford C. M. McCarty. It is 3¼ miles to Wilt Shell's hrg. The Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 1140.